Monday, April 4, 2011

I went with my family to the Stone Mountain laser show last night, for the first time. They had a segment where they played music by musicians from Georgia. So, there was Sugarland, Allman Brothers, Outkast and a few others. It was pretty cool. They also had The Devil Went Down to Georgia and a music video they made with the lasers. The boys had a good time, and we had a great spot right in the center.

Other than the war machine propaganda, it was a great show. The propaganda segment, they showed children growing up to be members of our armed forces and flag worship. But, it was fairly short.

I would definitely recommend seeing the show. It is quite spectacular and free if you have your yearly parking pass.

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Now I've been happy latelyThinking about the good things to comeAnd I believe it could beSomething good has begunI've been smiling latelyDreaming about the world as oneAnd I believe it could beSomething good's bound to come

For out on the edge of darknessThere runs the peace trainPeace train take this countryCome take me home again

Peace train sounding louderRide on the peace trainHoo-ah-eeh-ah-hoo-ahCome on the peace trainPeace train's a holy rollerEveryone jump upon the peace trainHoo-ah-eeh-ah-hoo-ahThis is the peace train

Get your bags togetherCome bring your good friends tooBecause it's getting nearerSoon it will be with youCome and join the livingIt's not so far from youAnd it's getting nearerSoon it will all be true

Peace train sounding louderRide on the peace trainHoo-ah-eeh-ah-hoo-ahCome on the peace train

I've been crying latelyThinking about the world as it isWhy must we go on hating?Why can't we live in bliss?

For out on the edge of darknessThere rides the peace trainPeace train take this countryCome take me home again

Peace train sounding louderRide on the peace trainHoo-ah-eeh-ah-hoo-ahCome on the peace train

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

All organizations in the US who want change need to unite and perhaps plan their protests, pickets, marches, sit-ins, etc. to fall on the same day. The Tea Partiers, 9/11 Truthers, Libertarians, Whole Foodies, Conspiracy Theorists, people against job outsourcing and big pharma and the mistreatment of animals & crops and monopolies and baby formula advertising the Federal Reserve and the Iraq War and the Illuminati--everyone who wants change needs to demand it en mass. Why can't we unite and do something like the people of the Middle East? We know this shit's messed up, so why don't we do something about it?

Monday, February 7, 2011

My mom is really sick. She was just diagnosed with stage 6 cirrhosis. which is the final stage. She contracted Hep C sometime in the early 80's when she gave blood. Since she never went to the doctor or gave blood until last year, she never knew she had it. She donated plasma last year and found out she had it then.

She had planned on getting treatment for Hep C, and went to the doctor to see about her health. She had gallstones which were causing acute pancreatitus. During gallstone surgery, the surgeon took a piece of her liver to determine how badly the Hep C affected it. It's so bad, that it is considered stage 6 cirrhosis.

I was reading on a medical forum about a man that was diagnosed with stage 4 cirrhosis and was put on the transplant list. This makes me really worried for my mom. Sometimes a liver can heal itself, but not when Hep C is trashing it. A person with cirrhosis can't receive treatment for Hep C because the treatment is poison. So, what does this mean for mom? Transplant waiting list? I don't know.

Mom is going to see her GP this week to see where she goes from here. If it will take too long to see a Hepatologist, then mom is just going to leave The Bay and come to Stone Mountain and continue her medical care here.

I feel worried and angry. Angry because life isn't fair. All of mom's brothers and sisters are either alcoholic or drug addicted, yet my mom is the one with the fucked up liver. And, because she donated blood before Hep C was really discovered. I feel guilty because we left her on the west coast, and she's homeless. She's needed more help than my mother in law, which is the reason we came to Stone Mountain in the first place. My mom needs me 3,000 miles away, and I can't be there for her.